I'm the worst ad anyone could possibly be for abstaining from anything.

I want truth. I'm crying out to hear it. I need it like oxygen.

I'm a Taurus, you know. A bull. I belong in a field.

We must remember to enjoy ourselves.

Seven thirty in the morning is too early for a man of my standing.

I have two vintage typewriters. One just about works and the other hasn't a hope in hell, bless it. But they're both beautiful, and they'll stay with me just as long as there's a roof over my head.

I once knew a girl who didn't know where anywhere was in the world. Not a clue. I asked her if she knew where Africa was and she answered, 'Is it the orange one on a map?'

I can't abide small talk.

I've spent so much of my adult life in relationships that it's actually quite pleasant to be alone at last. I turned thirty-six the other day, which staggers me when I think about it.

I like a decent funeral, and God knows in my family we've seen enough of them. Looking through family photographs now is like watching an episode of 'Dad's Army.

Milk which is just about to turn is akin to that moment spent on the cusp of failure in a dulled and fettered relationship.

my gardenin the sun and in the rainand in the day and in the nightpain is a flowerpain is flowersblooming all the time.

Friedman suggests self-differentiation is about knowing where you end and others begin.

The highest, the only reality, is ever at hand, but for the most part invisible. Genius makes it visible.

If you don't treat your own people well, they won't treat other people well.

I've made more cuts than any governor has ever made.

Songwriting is my true passion and that's what the BMI awards are all about.

I'm a sucker for a funny script. And then, as soon as I don't wanna be, one comes along and grabs me.

The interpretation that makes you ardent and hopeful and active and reverent is the true one.

It doesn't matter if it's a school play or a dumb TV show. It's your work. You should care about it so much that people get annoyed with you.

A spiritual person tries less to be godly than to be deeply human.